Marcia Nathai-Balkissoon

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How is your research likely to improve the approach to measuring performance quality?

I would be very interested in reading your publications related to measuring health and safety/ quality/ operations management performance - especially those related to recommendations for...

18 February 2017 7,718 2 View

Have you picked up on how Occupational Safety & Health Management System research articles have shifted focus in recent years?

Are there shifts being seen in recent occupational safety and health (OSH) research in comparison to traditional OSH research focuses of past decades? What are some of the causes for such shifts,...

28 January 2016 2,140 6 View

Have you changed your course from face to face mode to a blended or online mode? Why or why not?

There are more and more blended and online courses on offer at the university level, and I wanted to find out the extent to which courses in all fields of practice and at all levels are being...

10 April 2015 4,967 5 View

Which aspects of an undergraduate occupational health and safety management course are the best to cover through online approaches?

I am creating a blended occupational health and safety management course. Many of my undergraduate students do not have much industry experience and so I often use videos and online interactive...

26 February 2015 3,658 8 View

Which topics in a business strategy course would be well supported using lecturer screencasts?

I want to develop short screencasts to help my business strategy final year undergraduate students to achieve deeper learning or to give them the ability to revise tough lecture elements. Which...

26 February 2015 6,877 6 View

What are some good online/digital approaches to include in the teaching of a blended Quality Management course?

I am being encouraged to adapt a face to face Quality Management course into a blended format. There should be at least 30% online content for this requirement to be met. Can you share or direct...

12 February 2015 743 8 View

Does petrol subsidisation in an "oil economy" country undermine the country's GDP?

Does the population of the country deserve to enjoy cheaper petrol costs just because the oil "belongs to the population" or should the population be expected to pay the full price of the petrol...

09 September 2014 5,420 4 View

What will happen as a result of the UK's H&S Executive's shift to PDCA from the POPMAR model?

The UK's Health and Safety Executive has long promoted the building of occupational safety and health management systems on a foundation known as POPMAR (Policy, Organization, Planning,...

02 July 2014 5,946 2 View

Has anyone used Twitter in the classroom and what happened?

As students use mobile phones and tablets continually while in lecture classes, I am thinking of using Twitter to capitalize on the availability of technology to increase their focus on course...

01 July 2014 2,617 5 View

When doing research in a small island context, how can you show relevance to a more international/ developed nation audience?

Should papers be written from the context of a developing nation, rather than just an island? How can I show the relevance of my research to the USA, UK, the EU? Do I use my country's demographic...

01 January 1970 7,686 6 View

How would you teach occupational safety and health management to social science classes compared to/contrasted with engineering classes?

I am planning to teach OSH to management students for the first time. I have had much experience teaching this field to technical students (engineering students, operators, etc.) and I am thinking...

01 January 1970 9,196 6 View